US President Joe Biden criticized the country's Supreme Court's decision to recognize former President Donald Trump's partial immunity from prosecution in the Capitol storming case. "In practical terms, this decision means that there are no longer limits to what the president is allowed to do. This is a fundamentally new principle and a dangerous precedent. The powers of the president are no longer limited by law," Biden said.Four months before the presidential election in the United States, the Supreme Court of this country ruled that the actions of the president, committed by him within the constitutional powers, are covered by absolute immunity from prosecution, writes DW. At the same time, the protection does not extend to his actions committed "unofficially" as a private citizen.Specifically, the conservative-majority U.S. Supreme Court was considering Donald Trump's role in the case of the storming of the Capitol in early January 2021. The Supreme Court decided to send Trump's case back to a lower court, which will now have to determine the extent to which the charges against the former president relate to his actions after his defeat in the 2020 presidential election as an official and unofficial.Trump called the Supreme Court's decision "a major victory for the Constitution and democracy." The ruling gives him another important reprieve, as it means that the trial in federal court in Washington over attempted manipulation in the last presidential election will not take place until after the election of a new US president, which is scheduled for November 5.
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